The
victim, who was found on Sunday, was identified simply as Sitira, an apprentice
hair dresser. She was said to have been preparing for her graduation before the
incident happened.

Many
residents were said to have stormed the Lafenwa Police Division where the
corpse was initially taken to by the police. Late Sitira’s corpse was allegedly
thrown off a moving vehicle at the Olomoore dump on the Lagos-Abeokuta
Expressway. Littering the site were ladies items such as panties, brassieres,
lipsticks and powder kits.

Some
metres away from the spot where the items were seen, was the half-clothed
Sitira’s corpse, with her armless camisole and leggings intact.An observation
of the corpse revealed that substantial flesh from Sitira’s right arm was cut
off, with body fluid oozing out.

A
middle-aged woman, Esther Adewuyi, who identified herself as a relative of
Sitira, said the 23-year-old lady, who lost her only child two years ago, had
been living with her mother in the Iberekodo area of the Abeokuta North Local
Government Area. Adewuyi said, “Sitira was an apprentice at a hairdressing
salon and she was last seen in their house around 10pm on Saturday where she
and her mother discussed plans for her graduation.

“Nobody,
including her younger siblings, knew when she went out.”

The
state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed that
Sitira was killed and dumped at the site. He said, “We found the corpse in the
area but we have taken the corpse to a mortuary. We cannot confirm the cause of
her death now, but preliminary investigation revealed that there was an injury
in one of her arms and it looked like she was killed somewhere else.

The
positioning of the corpse showed that she was dumped in that place, but we
cannot ascertain the cause of her death. We found her on a refuse dump. We
cannot say it is kidnapping or ritual killing but we will conduct proper
investigation on the incident.